Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
FIGHT FOR A CHILD.

Fi'h Po.; liver. and reached by an In
A',s .oa from Wolf Point, Montana
was reached originally by any
question the discussion OF which
/, aroiect a man into endless inquiry,
~ 'oErebody got there and the result
nastabiishment OF fort, garrison
Wv magnificent army of fifteen
y q nolieemen, over whom Maj. JAS.
" much preserved fame, presldes
4 dignity aud results.
~ long time things ran SMOOTH y, as
4 y t,souently do around pest whose
4 ia are not on particularly harsh war
4 Ems with any other people, but one
...,s5 day a red party by the name
sat;ng Bull found his way into the
4, j,orv with some 5000 companions,
4 climbing the sterile side of Wood
4 I'm. located himself and his disso-
associates at point about eighteen
4 81 from the post.
~ i. not difficult to arrive at the rea-
a That induced this Sitting Bull to go
4 q AZ the pages of frontier history
Il w., the inference that he had exper-
s.l much trouble wherever else he
ANYWAY he settled down on the
of the mountain, and in few days
ha,ren buttes and coulees fairly
,ned with the buffalo skin lodges of
.slf and his tribe. This man Sitting
wos in p measure circumscribed. On
IAN of the mountain we're the forces
8,r,i Walsh. small numerically, but
hing tons of influence, and prepared
Iake him behave himself with some
rsct to the preiudlces of the people
md him. On the south multitude
United States troops were making
jgious arrangements to thumP him
s.trously should he appear within their
ivick. On the east and west alone
n fields for the display of his proves,
taking advantage of pressing oppor-
tiles. he swashed around among the
Halo with eminent satisfactory effect,
his sauaws fed well and the babies
g pt well.
a Is a matter of course man of bust
q must have amarket for mis- wares,
q Sitting Bull, who, having acquired
Sue property, should now be recognized
4 M. Bull, found large quantity Of
bs. and skins on his hands. He could
the meat, but the hides ana furs we're
6,.hless to him save in the way of trade.
dared not seek a mart at Poplar
ysr or Wolf Point, lest he be knocked
the head by an indignant military,
as there was no other outlet he was
what might be cautiously termed a
j., At this juncture uprose Edwin
len, formerly an officer in the police,
yso had resigned his commission.
eseeing liberal trade with this Mr..
he straightwav started store,
fC5sd it with bareback, sugar, tobacco,
lke,s and trinkets, and entered upon
fter with the red skins. For a long
b. be did fRmously, exporting valuable
to the American side, the proceeds
which enriched him amazingly. Find
themselves honestly dealt with, a
cumstance which provided them with
pei entertainment for originality, the
Page patronized him literally, wealth
Mr. Allen found himself amassing rap
and growing up with the country at
s1hilarating pace. Fortune beamed
hlm with both eyes; and the happy
d'kins who longed to clean him out,
sised out of respect for the genteel
tnner in which he accom- plished the
uare thing. At length 1t occurred to
Allen that he ought TO get married.
ars before he had left yellow-haired,
Fght-eyed girl in Montreal, and now
81 be had put himself in a position to
sumo possibility with that color OF
y and class Of optic, he made up his
ecllatve mind TO take her unto him
Z and, leaving the store with a young
whom the Indians affectionately
'Aed Two Bellies" presumably from
Phenomenal area of his only one
Allen started on mis- 3,000-mile jour
IN search of the Montreal lady. He
not conceal much from her. Frankly
'od her that the best blood in Wood
lataln society loutside the post was
instead of blue, ana she dutifully put
aald IN his and sang the German
-ss De loved to hear, with chorus loud
clear perhaps that isn't quite so
way I've forgotten the rest of it
4 ,s'laeiess, She agreed to go with him
20 lhey were married. Not much
a prospect for BRIDE" the average
I woman may say. Perhaps not, more
s5'Ial.y # you stop to consider t1a
1 was The only white woman (or would
'lel She got there within 500 or Coz
'' oi the mountain, for at that tim,
man biFd was the agent at Poplar
4 81 ana ne aad no wife, so the neares
\ a' Fo't Bntord, away down east a
4 mouth OF the Yellowstone.
amer three weeks of pretty rough get
4 around she found herself comfo
4 .o.a'sd In the little log house on tn,
i ."t mountain, with a squaw for
4 1-1 Q me view of the country
4 sal see long distance in that neigh
-o'-' he sky is as clear as the aver
'' "ouans complexion, and Pintt
o-'.r, 10 miles from the mountain
-P ike an oystsr in a churcl
lHe place 70 live if one can stan,
-5a.tay clear, bracing atmosphere
II. commence at . a. m and las
A'sAt olRzards that howl in tn
..As thirsty dog, and mosquitoes
averaging 100000 TO tn,
q .,. men. Maybe I'm mistaken
he pressure is only $780, 200
D 1ss re thick, and, moreover
so- Fl a-l thls she got there. Tn,
] slaa 70 see her, and tho In
! l their surprise and vel
4 Win a characteristic row il
ID. ~. vo Bellies" had a good &C
Fs-z rare OF trade TO offer, an,
y Allen was consnicnonsI,